Madi Brooks, 19, leaves Reggie’s Bar with four young men who offer to give her a ride home. A few blocks from the bar, the driver pulls over and starts to video as the two men in the backseat ‘have sex’ with an extremely intoxicated Brooks. Afterwards, Brooks is unable to tell the men her address, and according to them, insists on getting out of the car. Just before 3 a.m. a Lyft driver strikes something in the road. It’s Madi Brooks. She dies of her injuries at a hospital.

The four men have been charged in this case, three of them with third-degree rape, one is charged as principal to third-degree rape, which means he was present for the alleged crime, but did nothing to stop it.

Reportedly, there are concerns that District Judge Gail Horne Ray will not remain neutral while presiding over the trial of Madison Brooks’ four alleged rapists. Last year, Judge Ray reduced an accused rapist’s bail, without allowing prosecutors to argue against the decision. Just last month, Ray moved to overturn a 1972 rape conviction when asked to consider allowing the convict parole. Her son, Nelson Taylor Jr. is also a convicted serial rapist.

Joining Nancy Grace today

• Ashley Bausteret - Mom of Madison Brooks
• Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski - Forensic Psychologist, Author: Darksides", darksides.podia.com YouTube:Dr. Jeff Kieliszewski, Forensic Psychologist
• Jarrett Ferentino - Homicide Prosecutor in Pennsylvania, https://jarrettferentino.com, Host: “True Crime Boss” Podcast, Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino
• Bill Hernandez - Domestic violence and sexual assault Detective in California
• Kiran Chawla - Emmy & Murrow award winning investigative reporter, Unfiltered with Kiran, www.unfilteredwithkiran.com, Facebook & YouTube: Unfiltered with Kiran, Twitter: @Kiran_Chawla23, TikTok: @unfilteredkiran

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Woman's body burned after married boyfriend kills her. Angry paralyzed man slaps brother with his dirty diaper.

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Just after returning to classes at the University of Georgia for the spring semester, Tara Baker heads to the law library for a study session. At a quarter to 10, Baker calls her friend from the library to make sure she got home safe, mentioning she's heading home shortly. The next morning, Baker misses her 9:30 class.

In the mid-morning hours of January 19th, Athens-Clarke County firefighters are called to an apartment fire at 160 Fawn Drive. Firefighters break down a locked door to access the unit, and find a fire had broken out in the bedroom and burned through the roof. Among the rubble, fire-fighters discover the body of a young woman, later identified as first-year law student Tara Louise Baker.

Police do not release Baker’s cause of death, but tell the public they believe she was murdered, the attacker a stranger to Baker. Investigators consider the possibility that Baker’s murder is connected to a Christmas day arson at a complex just a block from Baker’s. No one was home when someone entered the unit and set fire to a pile of clothes. Police also look at Baker’s boyfriend, but he passes a polygraph test and his alibi is confirmed. Investigators focus on a theory that a stranger broke into Baker’s apartment. Police reveal that Baker was beaten, stabbed, strangled, and potentially sexually assaulted.

23 years after Tara Baker’s body is found in her burning apartment, the GBI in partnership with Athens-Clarke County Police arrest a man suspected of her murder. Edrick Faust, 48, is put behind bars for 9 charges related to Baker’s sexual assault and murder.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

• Fran Longwell - Former Deputy State’s Attorney (Calvert County, MD), Former Assistant State’s Attorney (Prince George’s County, MD) Deputy States attorney in Calvert County specializing in child abuse, sex offenses and homicides
• Dr. Angela Arnold - (Atlanta, GA) Psychiatrist, Expert in the Treatment of Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Former Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology: Emory University, Former Medical Director of The Psychiatric Ob-Gyn Clinic at Grady Memorial Hospital, Voted My Buckhead’s Best Psychiatric Practice of 2024, AngelaArnoldMD.com
• Shera LaPoint - Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogist with DNA Labs International, Author: “The Gene Hunter”
• Nicolle Brock - Firefighter, EMT, and arson expert
• Sheryl McCollum- Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.org, Host of new podcast: Zone 7, Twitter: @ColdCaseTips
• Dr. Kendall Crowns- Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University
• Alexis Tereszcuk –(CA) CrimeOnline.com Investigative Reporter, Writer/Fact Checker, leadstories.com, @swimmie2009

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